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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In a recent campaign, I was reached by a social media agency about a topic that was totally irrelevant to my audience and would never be something I’d blog about. Meanwhile, this agency contracted one of the biggest social media rockstars in the space, a guy who has a stellar social media record.

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Blogging Etiquette in the Face of a PR Pitch: What Miss Blogging.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

If someone pitches me an article about the NBA even though I blog about social media, you bet I might consider snark in response, but a topical pitch that shows that you really do understand what the blogger is about doesn’t warrant the same kind of treatment. Furthermore, ever hear of banner blindness?

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How to Get an Influencer's Attention

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Danny is currently Chief Content Officer of Third Door Media which operates the Sphinn social news site and organizes the popular Search Marketing Expo conference series. Andy has submitted nearly 15,000 stories to Digg and over 4200 of his submissions have hit the front page of the impossible-to-game social news site.